The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-12
The Southern Prison.

Louisville Commercial. Friday.
The situation at the southern Indiana prison,
Jacksonville, so far as the changes in the subor
dinate officers are concerned, remains the same
as whom the new warden took charge. with the
exception Of steward, Capt D. NJ. Allen having
handed in his resignation
The Hon. Willis Barnes, Represent tive from
Clark county is acting in that capacity at pres
ent, and will no doubt remain permanently.
Mr. Barnes is thorough gentleman, upright
and honest in all his dealings. During the SEES
sion of the ate-amented Indiana Legislature he
and Captain Patton were room-mates, and as a
natural CONSCIENCE very warm friends.
Neither of them are men who would countenance
any dishonesty or wrong doing of any kind.
Captain Patton, in conversation with the Com
mercial representative yesterday. said that there
would be no changes made in the subordinate
Offices until after the Governor appointed sue
cessors to Directors Norvell and Wilson, and
that will not be done before next week. AS has
been predicted in the Commercial heretofore. all
the indications point to the election of Frank
Pritchett, of Evansville. to the Office of deputy
warden, and he will, it s given out, be the next
deputy warden. John D. Carter, of Orleans,
will in all probability be successor to Huett as
clerk.
Dr. Graham does not want to be prison physi-
clan any longer. and will tender his resignation
as soon as the new board of directors is ap-
pointed. Dr. Will Curtiss of Seymour, and DR..
Payton, OF Jacksonville, are applicants for the
position.
There is noticeable lack of discipline among
the guards at the institution. who seem to have
never been instructed as to what their duties
are. Captain Patton will see that all the guards
are properly instructed. and every department
of the prison put in first-class condition
In Jacksonville there are various opinions as
To hat hoY ohphl Ia nfroy If
filed in the Circuit Court by the Attorney general
against Howard, Craig and Huette. ex-warden.
Ok deputy warden and clerk. A prominent at
torney of that city. who has examined the com
plants, gives it as his opinion that they all will
have to be amended before going to trial. This
will likely be done at the next term of the Cir
cult Court, and the will not be tried before
the june term.
Rousing Republican Meeting at Kokomo.
Special to the Indianapolis journal.
KoKoMo, March ia monster Republican
meeting was held at the court house in this city,
to-night under the auspices Of the Kokomo Lin
coin League, just org nized with membership
Of 200. The meeting was presided over by Hon.
John e. Moore, president of the League, and was
addressed by Lieutenant-governor Robertson,
Hon. Warren g. Sayre, Speaker of the House of
Representatives, and Senator Campbell, of Hen
bricks county. Each gentleman was greeted
with enthusiastic rounds of applause. The large
courthouse was packed. with standing room at a
premium, and two thousand people listened for
two hours. The campaign has already begun in
Howard county. The Lincoln League of Kokomo
proposes to have 1000 active voters enrolled
upon its lubbock for the approaching cam
paign. Tho meeting adjourned at late hour.
with three rousing cheers for success in 1888.
The popular pulse in this section of Indiana
beats in unison with the action of the Republic
ans Of the late Indiana General Assembly.